Learn more about Tamar’s experience as an Action for Conservation Youth Trustee.

In July 2025, the Grow Wilder Youth Leadership Group (YLG) took part in a residential visit to Heal Somerset – a weekend packed full of nature, learning, healing, and connection.

Bees are crucial to keeping our ecosystems healthy so read this blog to find out how you can help them thrive in your garden, on your windowsill or even in a local green space! 

Learn about Angélica’s journey with AFC. This blog explores how AFC has been a leading inspiration in her life, inspiring her to learn, to take action and to create a positive change in the world.

Read this blog and learn about how Hana came to be a part of the Penpont Project.

Meet our new Youth Trustees from our network of Ambassadors and Alumni. Mal, Yusra, Ayla and Tamar are an incredible group of young people who will be helping to shape our work for the next few years.

This blog is a recap of what Hannah and Philipp discussed during their Instagram Live chat.

Action for Conservation’s Youth-Led Nature Restoration Initiative - ‘Penpont Project’ – is a finalist for Ecover’s Fertilise the Future Fund! The project has been selected as one of nine UK-based projects – and the only one in Wales, to secure the fund we need your support!

Meet AFC Ambassador, Vinnie, read his blog showcasing how you can help birds near you!

Discover what Youth Ambassador, Lily, has discovered when researching the issues and solutions with Fast Fashion.

This month AFC Ambassadors and WildWEB participants Riya, Nadia and Vinnie have been taking action at home! As part of AFC's brand new digital action programme WildWEB they've been learning all about the 'Secrets of Our Food' along with other young people from across the UK and the world.

It’s been a great start to the year here at Action for Conservation (AFC), with the news that we have been awarded a £20,000 grant from the Postcode Local Trust to support the expansion of our ‘WildED’ conservation workshop programme to secondary schools across the country. 

Chris and Sarah Webb are working hard to run 26.2 miles on 22nd April 2018 and raise £3,000 for Action for Conservation while they do it.

Kat and Sarah are part of our 2016 Youth Ambassador cohort. In December they made a pledge, along with the rest of the Ambassadors, to take action on a local environmental issue, read about their journey here.

Why are things the way they are? Surely they could be better? This attitude often arises during student days - the liberation of independence comes along with the chance to grapple with big ideas and rub shoulders with people from different walks of life. These things along with the fact that young people haven’t had the chance to become jaded or cynical often makes them radical in their beliefs. Can we apply this to conservation?

This blog post explores how we can engage young people in conservation. Drawing on our work at Action for Conservation, we explore lessons from other disciplines which highlight the importance of collaboration across organisations, sectors and communities.